高中课本听力人教版 第三册unit07-listening-2

In 1843, Charles Dickens wrote one of his famous and loved short stories called A Christmas Carol¹. The story is about a selfish², bitter³, old man, who has a dream. In this dream, he is guided past Christmases in his life in the past, the present and the future. It shows the way he was, the way he is and the way he will become. Before meeting his guide, the old man’s former business partner appears before him in his dream to warn⁴ him. And in the dream, they talk:
E: what do you want with me?
M: much
E: Who are you?
M: You’d better ask me who I was.
E: Who were you then?
M: In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley.
E: Can you ?can you sit down?
M: You don’t believe in me, do you?
E: I don’t. Why do you trouble me? Why do you come to me?
M: People are social beings. So, in life, people must spend good times together. If they do, then they will find rest and happiness in life. If they don’t, they will find never rest and happiness in life, not even after death. That is my fate⁵.
E: What ?what do you mean? Tell me more. Speak comfort to me.
M: I have none to give. I cannot to help you. I cannot stay, I cannot be with you much longer .listen to me! My time is nearly up.
E: Yes, yes, I will, but don’t hard upon me.
M: I’m here tonight to warn you, that you have yet have a chance and hope of escaping my fate.
E: I knew it .you were always a good friend to me. Thanks.
M: You’ll be visited by Santa Claus.
E: He’s a fairytale character .is he the chance and hope you mentioned?
M: He is.
E: It’s ridiculous⁶. Is there no other way?
M: No, there isn’t .learn from him. Without his visit, there’s no way you can escape my fate, except him tomorrow, by the end of the day

1 Carol   

n.赞美诗，圣诞颂歌

参考例句：

• Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
• The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。

2 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。

3 bitter   

adj.激烈的，苦涩的，辛酸的，厉害的，悲痛的；n.辛酸，苦味，苦酒

参考例句：

• The bitter winter was coming.寒冬到了。
• The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。

4 warn   

vt.警告，注意，远离；vi.提醒

参考例句：

• I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.我必须警告你我已经没有耐心了。
• If you warn me in advance,I will have your order ready for you.你若预先通知我，我就能给您准备好了。

5 fate   

n.命运；结局，结果；将来，前景

参考例句：

• The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。
• Your future is bound up with the fate of your motherland.你的前途同祖国的命运紧密相联。

6 ridiculous   

adj.荒谬的，可笑的；荒唐的

参考例句：

• It is simply ridiculous to attempt such a thing.试图干这种事，简直可笑。
• It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life.这是我有生以来听到的最为荒唐可笑的事。